The Urban Logistic Network: Cities, Transport And Distribution In Europe From The Middle Ages To Modern Times PDF
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PALGRAVE STUDIES IN ECONOMIC HISTORY The Urban Logistic Network Cities, Transport and Distribution in Europe from the Middle Ages to Modern Times Edited by Giovanni Favero · Michael-W. Serruys Miki Sugiura Palgrave Studies in Economic History Series Editor Kent Deng London School of Economics London, UK Palgrave Studies in Economic History is designed to illuminate and enrich our understanding of economies and economic phenomena of the past. The series covers a vast range of topics including financial history, labour history, development economics, commercialisation, urbanisation, industrialisation, modernisation, globalisation, and changes in world economic orders. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14632 Giovanni Favero · Michael-W. Serruys · Miki Sugiura Editors The Urban Logistic Network Cities, Transport and Distribution in Europe from the Middle Ages to Modern Times Editors Giovanni Favero Michael-W. Serruys Department of Management Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Humaines Venice, Italy Universite de Bretagne Occidentale Brest, France Miki Sugiura Faculty of Economics Hosei University Tokyo, Japan ISSN 2662-6497 ISSN 2662-6500 (electronic) Palgrave Studies in Economic History ISBN 978-3-030-27598-3 ISBN 978-3-030-27599-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27599-0 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Album/Alamy Stock Photo This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland A cknowledgements It took many years to make this book, and the editors obtained much supports in the process. It was 2006 when the editors, Giovanni Favero, Michael Serruys and Miki Sugiura, met at different occasions: the former two at a conference of the European Association of Urban History in Stockholm, and the latter two at a Posthumus Institute masterclass of Professor Lynn Lees in The Netherlands. The following year, the three editors embarked on organizing a series of successful sessions at inter- national conferences (European Association of Urban History 2008 and 2010, European Social Science History Conference 2010 and 2012, Associazione Italiana di Storia Urbana 2013). Furthermore, a workshop- conference ‘Gateways and Hinterlands in Europe, 1400–1900’ was held in January 2011 in Venice at the Ca’ Foscari University to dis- cuss the general approach and contributions of the authors. The editors thank all the scholars who participated in these occasions and shared their thoughts and insights, in particular, Andrea Caracausi, John Davis, Marion Huibrechts, Clé Lesger and Takashi Okunishi. Between 2009 and 2011, these occasions were funded by the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(B) No. 21730278 ‘European Gateway and Hinterlands on the Move. Urban Logistics Model for Mapping Distribution, Transport and Market forma- tions in History’ (April 2009–March 2011). We thank both the adminis- trations of Tokyo International University and Ca’ Foscari University for assisting our events. v vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This book would not have come to realization without the support of the editors at Palgrave Macmillan. Laura Pacey was the first to believe in this book, together with Ruth Noble, Clara Heathcock and Sophia Siegler. We thank also Kent Deng, the series editor, together with three anonymous referees, for their comments which helped us to make the single chapters and the whole volume better. The authors were greatly supportive in participating in meetings, working in coordination with us, waiting very long and finally replying fast to our requests. This book is their book. We, the editors, feel so for- tunate to have met each other, as the process was long but thoroughly fun and discovering. In particular, we want to thank our partners and families, who grew with small members participating during these years. The best part of the editing process was the intensive days we shared at our homes in Houwaart in summer 2009, in Bassano del Grappa in sum- mer 2011 and in Tokyo in spring 2012. We finally would like to thank Mirella, Erica and Kohey for their kind support during the stay. July 2019 Giovanni Favero Michael-W. Serruys Miki Sugiura c ontents 1 Introduction 1 Giovanni Favero, Michael-W. Serruys and Miki Sugiura Part I A Single Gateway 2 Gateway of Gothenburg 23 Per Hallén Part II Changing Shapes of Urban Networks 3 Bordeaux from Its Vineyards to Its Hinterland: A Regional Capital in the Late Middle Ages 53 Sandrine Lavaud 4 Urban Networks on the Move: The Austrian Netherlands’ Transit Policy and the Development of the Belgian Urban Networks in the Eighteenth Century (1704–1793) 75 Michael-W. Serruys vii viii CONTENTS 5 Persistence and Evolution in the Eastern Sicilian Coastal Corridor: The Mobility of Goods and People at the Port of Catania (1817–1860) 101 Giovanni Cristina 6 Bridging the Gap: The Belfast-Dublin Railway Corridor in the Nineteenth Century 123 Agustina Martire Part III The Making of a Regional Network 7 Urban Network and Economic Policy: The Milanese Case During the Spanish and Austrian Ages 145 Giovanna Tonelli 8 The Construction of an Inland Gateway: Milan in the Course of the Early Modern Period 161 Luca Mocarelli 9 Gateways as Inter-Modal Nodes in Different Ages: The Venetian Region, Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries 173 Giovanni Favero Part IV Using the Network 10 The Flaxseed Trade Between Courland and Brittany in the Eighteenth Century 193 Pierrick Pourchasse 11 Ports and Their Functions: Some Reflections About Preindustrial Logistics 209 Werner Scheltjens CONTENTS ix 12 Tracking Waters: Small Cities Transport Network of Early Modern Friesland 225 Miki Sugiura Index 249
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